María Ángeles Ferrer Forés


María Ángeles Ferrer Forés is a Spanish music education pedagogue and musicologist, awarded the Premio Acción Magistral 2010 by UNESCO, as best professor of Spain. Her books, discs, and interactive software for young students and teachers are published in Spain by Pearson Education and Oxford University Press. She is member of the organization and Jury in Ibiza International Piano Competition.

Studies and professional activity

Born in Palma de Majorca, Spain, she has the Musicology Ph.D. awarded by the University of Salamanca. She made her postgraduate academic degree at University of Salamanca and University of London, Royal Holloway College. She has the Musicology Degree and History of Art Degree at University of Salamanca. She also has the Master's Degrees of piano, singing, music composition and music theory, with the highest qualifications, at the Balearic Islands, Salamanca and Seville Conservatories of Music. She is Music Teacher in Secondary Education at Madrid, Didactic of Music Associated Professor at University of Valladolid, Didactic of Music Associated Professor at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja UNIR and Didactic of Music Associated Professor at Universidad a distancia de Madrid UDIMA .

Prizes and grants

Ferrer Forés has won the following prizes and grants:
She wrote the music collection “Hit the note” published by Pearson Education. This collection, for music students and teachers in Spanish and English, published also in the Catala, and Valencian languages. Another work is “Música. Proyecto Exedra” published by Oxford University Press. She also wrote Tosca by Giacomo Puccini published by University of Salamanca and more than 100 articles in magazines, books, and notes for concerts and recitals.

Singer and pianist

She gave recitals as singer and pianist at festivals including “Classics of XXIst Century” at Juan March Institute, Ibiza International Music Festival, Mozart Festival with the Balearics Symphony Orchestra at Auditorium of Palma de Majorca, Contemporary Scene Festival Círculo de Bellas Artes at Madrid, Salamanca Contemporary Music International Festival, Seville Opera Festival, Cordoba Sensxperiment Festival, Valencia Nits d’Art d’Aielo, Alcalá de Henares Cathedral International Organ Festival, Siena Accademia dei Rozzi, Würzburg Residence, Esztergom Summer University Festival. Since 1985 and every Christmas Eve Mass she performed El Cant de la Sibil·la at Sant James church in Palma de Majorca.

Membership and investigation groups

She is a member of Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, Asociación Colegial de Escritores de España, CEDRO and, since 1987, of the organization of Ibiza International Piano Competition.
She was a member of research groups: “System of management of the learning in platforms VLE” , in the INNPACTO program sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ; “Festival of the Knowledge” inside ARCE program sponsored by Spanish Ministry of Education and “Music and philosophy. The interdisciplinary nature of the postvanguard” inside the Teachers Resources Program of Seville sponsored by Andalusia Government, Spain.